Flag of Western Sahara

🎨 What the flag means

The flag shown here for Western Sahara is the flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. It has black, white and green stripes, a red triangle by the pole, and a red crescent and star in the middle. Its colours are Pan-Arab colours. Green stands for hope and white for peace, while the crescent and star are symbols of Islam and the Arab world.

📊 Quick facts

👥 Population

612 thousand (2021)

🏙️ Capital

El Aaiún262.8 thousand people (2024)

🗣️ Main language

ArabicAlso official: Berber, Hassaniya, Spanish

✨ 3 fun facts

1. Western Sahara is mostly flat desert beside the Atlantic Ocean, and it is one of the most thinly populated places on Earth.
2. The Sahrawi people of the region have traditionally been nomads, and many speak Hassaniya, a form of Arabic.
3. The land rises from the low coastal desert to small mountains up to about 600 metres high in the east.